Soldering-iron.



. 926,708. Patented June 29, 1909.

A. P. OLMSTEAD.

SOLDERING IRON.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 11, 190B. RENEWED MAY 27, 1909.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFTCE.

ALBERT P. OLMSTEAD, OF WATERVLIET, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO \VATERVLIET NOVELTY 00., OF TROY, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SOLDERING-IRON.

Application filed April 11, 1906, Serial No. 311,057. Renewed May 27, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT P. OLMs'rEAD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Watervliet, county of Albany, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soldering-Irons, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improvements and consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and subsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

Figure 1 is a top plan View of my improved soldering iron. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a central, verti- 2 0 cal, longitudinal section of the same taken on the broken line 38 in Fig. 1.

The principal object of my invention is to provide for the adjustment of the head of a soldering iron at any desired angle to the handle thereof, by the use of a single hand only of the operator. This I am able to accomplish by providing the head with a twopart handle, both parts of which are adapted to be grasped by the same hand of the oper- 3 ator, and, when tightly grasped, serve to hold the head in the desired adjusted position.

Referring to the drawings wherein the invention is shown in its preferred form, 1, represents the head of the iron, which may be of any desired form. At its base-end the head is provided with an ear, 2, to the opposite sides of which are attached a pair of handle-members, 3, by means of a pivotpin, 4E, inserted through registering apertures in 4 the respective handle-members and ear. The opposite ends of the pivot-pin, 1, are riveted or upset upon the outer sides of the respective handle-members whereby the outer ends of the handle-members are normally maintained at a considerable distance apart.

\Vhen the handle-members are at their normal distance apart and held in the hand of the operator, the head can be given any Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1909.

Serial No. $98,685.

desired angle relatively to the handle by merely striking the head against any convenient object, causing the head to turn about the pivotal connection formed by the pivot-pin 4. \vhen the head has thus been adjusted to the desired angle, it is held in such position, by the operator firmly grasping and forcing toward each other the handle-members, which by reason of the resistance ailorded by the heads of the pivot-pin, 4, are caused to embrace with considerable force, the interposed outer end of the ear 2. By merely varying the pressure of the hand which holds the tool, the operator can accomplish the desired adjustment and maintain the head in adjusted position during the soldering operation. To prevent independent rotation of the individual handle members upon the pivot-pin, l, I provide one of said members with a guide-pin, 5, which projects through an aperture, 6, in the other member. The handle -membcrs may be made to engage and embrace between them an interposed portion of the head in any known manner.

that I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A soldering iron comprising a head having an car; a pair of separate handle-members disposed on opposite sides of said ear; and a pivot-pin inserted through registering apertures in said handle-members and interposed ear, and having its opposite ends riveted upon the outer sides of the respective handle-members.

2. A soldering iron comprising a head having an ear a pair of separate handle-mom hers pivotally secured to said car on opposite sides thereof; and a guide-pin secured to one of said handle-members and passing loosely through an aperture in the other handle-member.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of April 1906.

ALBERT P. OLMSTEAD. \Vitncsses JonN BALL, ADELAIDE L. OLMSTEAD. 

